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What of the second scenario? Let say she's on another separate mission and Chifuyu just happens to be within the vicinity and she knows it, does she ditch the current mission and go straight for Chifuyu?

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Guys, I may have just shot myself in the foot---what date period was the Silverio Gospel Incident supposed to have taken place in canon IS timeline? I realize one of the parts I'm stuck in is because I'm writing thmy story post-July but I'm messing a few things up!!!

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"Couldn't be helped. That was before my IS [Mysterious Lady] was
completed." Tatenashi's casual shrug showed how light of a threat it
was. "And the Golem wasn't something you could handle, anyway."

"You don't know that."

Sarashiki's raised eyebrow said all. "Knives. Against a Golem."

[Ren] had no response.

"Which brings me to three points." Tatenashi's smile wavered the thin
line between charm and threat as she held up her index finger. "First:
Guarding Orimura from the shadows has not been very effective."

"I'm sure Mr Cousseran and his group would beg to differ."

"Second." Sarashiki raised a second finger. "I plan to make Orimura
Ichika aware of me."

There was a flash of crimson across [Ren]'s face. "Like hell."

"Whatever works. Whatever it takes." Sarashiki threw [Ren]'s words back
at her. And then in a tone both joking and serious: "It would be easier
to protect someone if you're right beside him. Morning, noon, and night. Especially at night."

[Ren]'s eyes promised cold death.

"Third." Sarashiki's voice lowered, as she went for the kill. "You won't
be able to handle an IS in a head-on fight."

"I won't need to."

"You can't guarantee that."

"Silverio Gospel." [Ren] stated it with cold distaste. Dead silence
followed, but Tatenashi could see the girl's lips lose color and
tighten.

"You can't protect him from everything." Wind toyed with Sarashiki's
aquatic-blue hair, but her face had no smile or light mood to it. "It's
time to move on."

"I'll decide whether or not to move on. Not you."

Tatenashi did not answer further, as she recognized the tactic. Whoever
speaks first, loses.

Unexpectedly, [Ren] quietly turned to walk away.

You can only win by cheating, can't you? Tatenashi craned her
head to follow and call out to the other girl. "Best of luck."

"Shut up." [Ren] snapped back as a viper would when struck. Her
snakelike eyes coldly bored into Tatenashi's laughing ones.

"I meant no offense."

"Every word out of your mouth is offensive."

"I'm only trying to be friendly." Tatenashi made a genuine effort to
approach the other girl, but it was pointless. "I honestly wish we could
work together."

"No. We won't." [Ren]'s heart was covered in armor, like a snake's skin
shed constantly to protect itself. Her cold voice remained level. "Deal
with it."

As she watched [Ren] walk away, Tatenashi could only shake her head.

"Does being a snake mean you have to bathe in venom every living
moment?"

<--------------->

The doors shut on the outside of the sky-tram, but none were sealed
tighter than the emotions [Ren] felt in her heart. Cold and hateful, the
only trace of emotion was the way she subtly wrung her hands together
beneath her jacket. No one could see, no one would know.

He's mine.

Tatenashi's face was unforgettable, laughing eyes and ocean blue hair
with a mischievous smile hidden behind a folding fan. [Ren]'s clasped
hands tightened at the thought of Orimura Ichika spending time with
Sarashiki.

He's mine.

The tram pulled away from the stop, back to the outskirts, back to the
town that lay close to the academy [Ren] had watched over. The skies
with their blue joy mocked her inner misery.

In her mind, the scene of a laughing boy was distant, like a picture on
a canvas seen through a sea of sharpened grass. They were taller than
[Ren], and she looked at her bandaged arm.

He's mine.

Her arm, hiding the truth behind the wrappings.

It was a phantom pain, one that had no grounding in reality as the
tattoo hiding beneath had healed ages ago. But the lines drawn in blood
still tore through much deeper than skin. The mark of her family.

Her father's mark.

It's not fair.

<--------------->

Oh you have GOT to be kidding me.

Kokusho Haruko's cheek twitched as she saw her partner in the kitchen.
Haruko was the only one who cooked--the only reason the latter would be
there was due to her unhealthy obsession with knives. Of all shapes and
sizes.

"[Ren], where the hell have you been?"

"Getting breakfast." [Ren] did not even look over her shoulder, then
held up a plastic grocery bag. "Here, have some melon bread."

DO YOU THINK I'M SOME SORT OF GAG ANIME CHARACTER?!? Kokusho
glared oddly at the bread, then at [Ren]. "You met Tatenashi Sarashiki,
didn't you?"

[Ren] pretended not to notice the accusation, dropping the bread on the
counter.

To be honest, I'm not even sure if I should put that (the Skytram scene) in at this point. It gives the wrong impression. But I still need something to break between [Ren] meeting with Sarashiki and then going back to meet with Haruko.

@ Hawke _ Does it really matter? Only the most anal viewers actually care about that sort of thing to a serious degree. Most viewers probably don't even know the year the story takes place, only that it's "far into the future".

@ Senpai - I was planning to make Tatenashi and Kanzashi friends of Charlotte in Synchronicity. Both of them egg on Charlotte and Ichika's budding relationship, in contrast to Laura who's suspicious of the poor guy.

At one point I planned to crossover Batman Beyond and IS, but I scrapped it Now I just make partial crossovers, such as making the Sarashiki's Templar's (Assassin's Creed) or mentioning islands full of slavers (Far Cry 3).